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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What are healthy sources of fats?
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin C - citrus fruits
apple is higher risk than a pear
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
500 cal/day
liver and intestinal synthesis
carrots and sweet potatoes
2 cups
3. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
4. How many calories/gram is protein?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
starches - sugars - and cellulose
liver and intestinal synthesis
5. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
protein
6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
7. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
albumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
apple is higher risk than a pear
8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
albumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
dark green - orange - drybeans
9. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
one week period
trans fatty acid
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
10. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein and fat
300 cal/day increase
11. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
12. What is normal albumin levels?
transferrin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
hemorrhage
protein
13. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
low albumin levels < 3.4
antioxidant - immune function
milk - enriched grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
14. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
hemorrhage
fats
vitamin K
fat soluble vitamins
15. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
vitamin K
300 cal/day increase
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
review of systems
16. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
3 cups
decrease in total lymphocyte count
17. What type of people need extra protein?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
2.5 cups
TPN total parenteral nutrition
hemoglobin
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
19. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
day week or month
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
20. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
fats
day week or month
pregnant women or elderly
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
21. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
atrophy or wasting of muscle
low albumin levels < 3.4
22. Sources of fats
fats
300 cal/day increase
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
23. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
one week period
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
24. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
low albumin levels < 3.4
TPN total parenteral nutrition
pregnant women or elderly
one tspn salt or less
25. What is RDA of protein?
albumin levels
essential amino acids
hemoglobin
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
26. When does BMR increase?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vitamin C - citrus fruits
27. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
one week period
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
3 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
28. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
pregnant women or elderly
day week or month
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
29. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
one tspn salt or less
30. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
fat soluble vitamins
transferrin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
protein
31. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
32. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
milk - enriched grains
dairy and fortified foods
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
apple is higher risk than a pear
33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fats
34. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin K
18-25
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
35. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
essential amino acids
pregnant women or elderly
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
rickets - osteomalacia
36. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
pregnant women or elderly
B and C
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
37. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
rickets - osteomalacia
one week period
5.5 ounces/day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
38. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
39. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
antioxidant - immune function
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
B and C
3 cups
40. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
low albumin levels < 3.4
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein
hemoglobin
41. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
liver and intestinal synthesis
3 cups
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
42. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein and fat
liver and intestinal synthesis
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
43. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
3 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
fats
can consume more calories without weight gain
44. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3 cups
300 cal/day increase
45. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
essential amino acids
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
rickets - osteomalacia
46. Where can you get more vitamin D?
prealbumin levels
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
dairy and fortified foods
47. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
essential amino acids
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
48. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
hemoglobin
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein
trans fatty acid
49. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemoglobin
protein and fat
50. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dark green - orange - drybeans
protein and fat